Jersey City man accused of raping daughter now accused of sex assault on stepdaughter

A Jersey City man accused of raping his 5-year-old daughter is now charged with sexually assaulting his stepdaughter, who was between 7 and 8 years old at the time of the incident, authorities said.

According to a criminal complaint, during the investigation of the rape of his daughter, one of the man’s stepdaughters, now 15, said that he had rubbed up against her in 2006, when she was 7 or 8 years old.

The man, 36, of Woodlawn Avenue, has additionally been charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, authorities said.

The man appeared in Central Judicial Processing via video link from the Hudson County jail. His bail was set at $200,000 cash or bond for the new charge, on top of $300,000 cash or bond for the prior charge.